A man found the cocoon of a butterfly. One
day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several
hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then
it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten
as far as it could and could go no further. So the man decided to help
the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining
bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen
body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at
any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support
the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the
butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen
body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man in
his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon
and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny
opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly
into it swings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved
its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we
need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any
obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could
have been. And we could never fly. So have a nice day... and struggle
a little.